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CMAE’s latest Management Development Programme (MDP) Part 1 was a roaring success for the London and Home Counties region of CMAE last week in Bournemouth.

CMAA’s Academic Advisor Joe Perdue, CCM, CHE, the club industry’s leading hospitality educator, died in Atlanta, GA, January 19, 2015, after a long illness. He was 64.

The Education Policy Board (EPB) of the Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE) is delighted to announce its 2015 Education Calendar.

There is a lot of talk in the golf industry about “attention to detail”, but what is “attention to detail?” What is it about attention to detail that discerning customers subliminally like? There must be millions of examples of “attention to detail”. Some, I think, are directly linked to basic service, management follow through and good disciplines.

Four Club Industry professionals have recently achieved the globally recognized benchmark of excellence in Club Management by passing the Club Manager Association of Europe’s (CMAE) Certified Club Manager (CCM) examination raising the number of CCM’s to 30 Club Industry professionals across Europe.

Eighteen Golf Managers from Scotland, Norway, Spain, Holland, France and the USA recently attended a residential training programme hosted by the Scottish Golf Union and Scottish Ladies Golfing Association at St Andrews, the Home of Golf.

Michael Braidwood, the Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE) Director of Education, and Vice President Marc Newey recently took advantage of two wonderful opportunities to promote CMAE’s Education Pathway and the Management Development Programme.

The Club Managers Association of America is proud to announce that it has named 30 new Certified Chief Executives. The Certified Chief Executive (CCE) designation was developed to recognize those managers who have shown the ability to successfully serve as the most senior manager in a club.

In these times, when memberships are on a decline, you have to think out of the box in order to keep growing your membership base. Typically, you will see around a 10% attrition at the end of each membership year – some people move away, some give up golf, some just feel membership is not for them and so on.

Design firm Thomson Perrett & Lobb joined by other top consultants for Garden City Golf Estate project in Nigerian oil capital.

Golf club managers, greenkeepers and consultants can now get instant access to a series of exciting case studies and initiatives that highlight the best practice in golf business management and sustainability.

The Club Managers Association of Europe recently staged a Management Development programme Part 1 for a group of Spanish club industry professionals. The programme was hosted by the Club Managers Spain and took place at the World renowned Les Roches International School of Hotel Management in Marbella.